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Match report
English Footie
League Cup: Round 1 (setup 1, season 28)
Brighton & HA
v.
Reading
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
4
Overall form:
Home form:
Artur BORUC1Marcelo Alberto BAROVERO
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
18
Overall form:
Yohan BENALOUANE62David BYSTRON
José Manuel CASADO Bizcocho83Jean-Pascal MIGNOT
Simon VUKCEVIC74Christian N'dri ROMARIC
Alex BRUCE75Cesare BOVO
Leandro Daniel CABRERA Sasía76Jake BUXTON
Lucas Martín VILLAFÁÑEZ76Yannis TAFER
Ryan BABEL87CARLOS EDUARDO Marques
SERCAN Yildirim9Orlando Carlos Braga de SÁ
James McCLEAN6106Adam FORSHAW
Gilles SUNU116NILMAR Honorato da Silva
Manager
Marco MOTTA12Anthony GARDNER
Michael CORDIER13Agustín Federico MARCHESÍN
Javier GARRIDO Behobide14Simon COX
Parvizdzhon UMARBAEV615Nick BLACKMAN
Omar ABDULRAHMAN166Stuart LEWIS

Brighton & HA 1 Reading 0
(Half-time: 1-0, Attendance: 17,434, Stadium: Amex Community Stadium, Referee: Phil CROSSLEY 5)
1 SercanScorers
57 Sercan <=> Garrido, 83 Cabrera <=> UmarbaevSubstitutions75 <=> Lewis
Sendings off
21 McCleanBookings
4Corners1
11Fouls20
0Offsides0
5Shots on3
6Shots off10
11Total shots13
4Shots saved2
51%Possession49%
Man of the match: José Manuel CASADO Bizcocho
1SERCAN ran onto a great ball from MCCLEAN but dragged his shot wide of the goal.
1GOAL!! A thirty yard free-kick was cleverly blasted into the net by SERCAN. (1-0 Brighton & HA)
4The stunned 'keeper could only watch as a backpass from ROMARIC fell just wide.
4A shot from SERCAN was smothered by BAROVERO.
8CARLOS EDUARDO was put clear by BYSTRON and he stepped inside BORUC but thrust his shot just beyond the near post.
9A corner fell to ROMARIC who turned an effort over.
19CABRERA beat a number of Reading players and thundered a shot over.
21MCCLEAN receives a yellow card for a high tackle on NILMAR.
22NILMAR raced past MCCLEAN but lashed the ball into the arms of the 'keeper.
26A good ball from BYSTRON on the right found ROMARIC who scuffed his shot over the bar.
36MIGNOT shot over.
44CASADO brought the ball round FORSHAW and rifled a tame shot wide.
45+2ROMARIC's shot beat the 'keeper but rebounded off the Brighton & HA post.
 
47A mix up in the Brighton & HA defence enabled to fire the ball wide.
50A cross from FORSHAW left CARLOS EDUARDO in lots of space but he scuffed his shot.
59CARLOS EDUARDO steamed through the Brighton & HA defence but shot straight at BORUC.
63SUNU made space on the left and pulled the ball to CASADO who clipped the ball over.
69CASADO touched the ball through a crowd of players but the Reading 'keeper was a match for it as he dived to his right.
73A penalty box scramble resulted in CARLOS EDUARDO knocking a low shot wide.
77SUNU's shot was well saved by the Reading 'keeper.
80CARLOS EDUARDO fired a left foot shot just beyond the near post from close range.
83LEWIS rifled a simple chance past the near post.
84VILLAFÁÑEZ beat FORSHAW and fired the ball to UMARBAEV who hit his effort wide.
85A lovely cross from VILLAFÁÑEZ, was fired goalbound by BRUCE only for the 'keeper to block.
90+1A accurate pass fell to CARLOS EDUARDO and his left foot shot floated narrowly wide.